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| Title | Professor Emeritus |
| Department | School of Animal Sciences |
| TBidner@agcenter.lsu.edu | |
| Address 1 | 116-B J. B. Francioni Baton Rouge, LA 70803 |
Outstanding Undergraduate Student - Animal Science, University of Illinois, 1965.
Graduate School Fellowship - College of Agriculture, Michigan State University, 1965-66.
Coach of High Team - AK-SAR-BEN Meat Animal Evaluation Contest, Omaha, Nebraska, 1968.
Chairman – LSU Agricultural Policy Committee, 1977-78.
Director - American Meat Science Association, 1981-83.
Editorial Board - Journal of Animal Science, 1983-86.
LSU Faculty Senator - 1982-85.
Outstanding Teacher - College of Agriculture, 1990.
Louisiana Professor of the Year - Council for the Advancement of Support of Education (CASE), 1990.
Outstanding Teacher in Agriculture at LSU selected by Gamma Sigma Delta, 1993.
Teaching Merit Honor Roll - Gamma Sigma Delta, for meritorious teaching efforts in the College of Agriculture 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, & 2000.
Tipton Team Research Award in Recognition of Excellence in Research for the Chromium Team, Louisiana Agricultural Center, 1998.
Meryal Newsom Annison Memorial Endowed Professorship, 2001 and renewed in 2006.
Freshman Instruction Award – Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society, 2008.
Recent Publications:
Franke, D.E., and T.D. Bidner. 2002. Variation in growth, carcass, and tenderness traits of purebred Brahman steers. 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: 02-68.
Higbie, A.D., T.D. Bidner, J.O. Matthews, L.L. Southern, T.G. Page, M.A. Perisca, M.B. Sanders and C.J. Monlezun. 2002. Prediction of swine carcass composition by total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC). J. Anim. Sci. 80:113-122.
Guzik, A.C., L.L. Southern, T.D. Bidner, and B.J. Kerr. 2002. The tryptophan requirement of nursery pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2646-2655.
White, T.W., J.M. Fernandez, G.D. Harding, C.C. Williams, H.G. Bateman, T.D. Bidner, P.T. DeRouen, and M.A. Froetschel. 2002. Influence of L-Carnitine on performance and ruminal and blood metabolites of grazing calves and finishing lambs. Prof. Anim. Sci. 18:59-65.
Wyatt, W.E., T.D. Bidner, P.E. Humes, D.E. Franke, and D.C. Blouin. 2002. Cow-calf and feedlot performances of Brahman-derivative breeds. J. Anim. Sci. 80:3037.
Camp, L.K., L.L. Southern, and T.D. Bidner. 2003. Effect of carbohydrate source ongrowth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of growing-finishing pigs. J.Anim. Sci. 81: 2488-2495
LeMieux, F.M. L.L. Southern, and T.D. Bidner. 2003. Effect of mannan oligosaccharides on growth performance of weanling pigs. J.Anim. Sci. 81: 2482-2487
Matthews, J.O., A.D. Higbie, L.L. Southern, D.F. Coombs, T.D. Bidner and R.L. Odgaard. 2003. Effect of chromium propionate and metabolizable energy on growth, carcass traits, and pork quality of growing- finishing gilts. J. Anim. Sci. 81:191-196.
Shelton, J.L., R.L. Payne, S.L. Johnston, T.D. Bidner, L.L. Southern and R.L. Odgaard. 2003. Effect of chromium propionate on growth, carcass traits, pork quality, and plasma metabolites in growing-finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 81: 2515-2524.
Shelton, J.L., L.L. Southern, T.D. Bidner, M.A. Persica, J. Braun, B. Cousins, and F.McKnight. 2003. Effect of microbial phytase on energy availability and lipid and protein deposition in growing swine. J. Anim. Sci. 81: 2503-2062.
Johnston, S.L., S.B. Williams, L.L. Southern, T.D. Bidner, L.D. Bunting, J.O. Matthews and B.M. Olcott. 2004. Effect of phytase addition and dietary calcium and phosphorus levels on plasma metabolites and ileal and total-tract nutrient digestibility in pigs. J. Anim Sci. 82:705-714.
Payne, R.L., R.D. Lirette, T.D. Bidner and L. L. Southern. 2004. Effects of a novel carbohydrate and protein source on sow performance during lactation. J. Anim. Sci. 82:2392-2396.
Shelton, J.L., J.O. Matthews, L.L. Southern, A.D. Higbie, T.D. Bidner, J.M. Fernandez and J.E. Pontif. 2004. Effect of non-waxy and waxy sorghum on growth, carcass traits, and glucose and insulin kinetics of growing-finishing barrows and gilts. J. Anim. Sci. 82:1699-1706.
Shelton, J.L., L.L. Southern, F.M. LeMieux, T.D. Bidner and T.G. Page. 2004. Effect of microbial phytase, low calcium and phosphorus, and removing the dietary trace mineral premix on carcass traits, pork quality, plasma metabolites, and tissue mineral content in growing-finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 82:2630-2639.
Dean, D.W., L.L. Southern, B J. Kerr and T.D. Bidner. 2005 Isoleucine requirement of 80- to 20-kilogram barrows fed corn-soybean meal or corn-blood cell diets. J. Anim. Sci. 83:2543-2553.
DeRouen, S.M., W.E. Wyatt, T.D. Bidner, P.E. Humes, D.E. Franke, and D.C. Blouin. 2005. Cow-calf performance of Brahman-British and Brahman-Continental beef females. In: Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 405. p 57-64.
Guzik, A.C., J.L. Shelton, L.L. Southern, B.J. Kerr and T.D. Bidner. 2005. The tryptophan requirement of growing and finishing barrows. J. Anim. Sci. 83:1303- 1311.
Matthews, J.O., A.C. Guzik, F.M. LeMieux, L.L. Southern and T.D. Bidner. 2005. Effects of chromium propionate on growth, carcass traits, and pork quality of growing-finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 2005 83: 858-862.
Shelton, J.L., L.L. Southern, F.M. LeMieux, T.D. Bidner and T.G. Page. 2005. Effect of microbial phytase addition with or without the trace mineral premix in nursery, growing, and finishing pig diets J. Anim. Sci. 83:376-385.
Shelton, J.L., D.W. Dean, L.L. Southern and T.D. Bidner. 2005. Effect of protein and energy sources and bulk density of diets on growth performance of chicks. Poultry Sci. 84:1547-1554.
Smith, T., J. Domingue, T. Bidner, J. Paschal, G. Whipple, and D. Franke. 2005. Genetic (Co)variances for growth, carcass, and tenderness traits of Brahman steers. In: Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 405. p 189-195.
Williams, S.B., L.L. Southern and T.D. Bidner. 2005. Effects of supplemental dietary phytase and pharmacological concentrations of zinc on growth performance and tissue zinc concentrations of weanling pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 83:386-392.
Wyatt, W.E., S.M. DeRouen, T.D. Bidner, P.E. Humes, D.E. Franke, and D.C. Blouin. 2005. Feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of Brahman x British and Brahman x Continental beef steers. In: Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 405. p 65-74.
Dean, D.W., L.L. Southern B.J. Kerr and T.D. Bidner. 2006. Glycine supplementation to low protein amino acid supplemented diets supports optimal performance of broiler chicks. Poultry Sci: 85:288-296.
Guzik, A.C., J.O. Matthews, B.J. Kerr, T.D. Bidner and L.L. Southern. 2006. Dietary tryptophan effects on plasma and salivary cortisol and meat quality in pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 84:2251-2259.
Payne, R.L., T.D. Bidner, T.M. Fakler and L. L. Southern. 2006. Growth and intestinal morphology of pigs from sows fed two zinc sources during gestation and lactation. J. Anim. Sci. 84:2141-2149.
Smith, T., J.D. Domingue, J.C. Paschal, D.E. Franke, T.D. Bidner, and G. Whipple. 2007. Genetic parameters for growth and carcass traits of Brahman steers. J. Anim. Sci. 85:1377-1384.
Dean, D.W., Southern, L.L. and T.D. Bidner. 2007. Low crude protein diets for late finishing barrows. Prof. Anim. Sci. 23:616-624.
Dean, D.W., Southern, L.L., B.J. Kerr and T.D. Bidner. 2007. The lysine and total sulfur amino acid requirements of six- to twelve-kilogram pigs. Prof. Anim. Sci. 23:527-535.
Roux, M.L., S.L. Johnston, R.D. Lirette, T.D. Bidner, L.L. Southern and P.W. Jardon. 2008. The effect of diets varying in dietary cation-anion difference fed in late gestation and in lactation on sow productivity. Prof. Anim. Sci. 24:149-155.
Zhao, J., A.F. Harper, B.K. Perkins, L.L. Southern, J.L. Shelton, T.D. Bidner, K.E. Webb, Jr., M.J. Estienne, and L.A. Kuehn. 2008. Assessment of Marine-based hydrolyzed protein sources and spray-dried plasma protein as supplements in a diet of early weaned pigs. Prof. Anim. Sci. 24:604-613
Smith, T., M.G. Thomas, T.D. Bidner, J.C. Paschal, and D.E. Franke. 2008. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in Brahman steers and their association with carcass tenderness traits. Genetics and Molecular Research (in press).
Bidner, T.D., P.E. Humes, W.E. Wyatt, D.E. Franke, M.A. Persica III, G.T. Gentry, and D.C. Blouin. 2009. Influence of Angus and Belgian Blue bulls mated to Hereford x Brahman cows on growth, carcass traits and longissimus steak shear force. J. Anim. Sci. (accepted).
1970 to present, Assistant, Associate, Professor, and Endowed Professor; School of Animal Sciences.
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